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Pakistan: Rescue Mohfaiz Programme launched

The Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue 1122) has formally launched Rescue Mohfaiz Programme in a bid to establish Community Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) to enhance emergency preparedness, response and prevention for achieving the goal of healthy, safe and prosperous communities in all union councils of Punjab. Director General Dr Rizwan Naseer said where the government is doing everything in its jurisdiction to minimise the accidents, there is a public responsibility too to join hands with Rescue 1122 and work for reduction of emergencies.

Pakistan: A Walk for a Cause: Ambulance Ko Raasta Dey Dou Baba

Karachi: Various reputable corporate, government and non-government organisations have joined hands for supporting a walk, organised by \'Yes We Do Care\' (YWDC), a non-profit organisation, in its endeavour to create awareness about giving RIGHT OF WAY to ambulances and other lifesaving vehicles that often get stuck up in traffic jams, and at times cost precious human lives.\r\n \r\nNajia Khan, Founder and President of YWDC, took this commendable initiative by giving this thought provoking call to our society to respond.

Pakistan: LGH Short of Treatment Facilities for New-borns

Lahore: Shortage of beds, staff and equipment at the nursery wards of the Lahore General Hospital (LGH) are hampering proper treatment of neonates, it has been learnt reliably.\r\n \r\nSource told Daily Times that the 1,000-bed LGH had capacity to cater 60 neonates only whereas bed occupancy rate is 100 percent. They said that the health facility has eight cots while the number of hospitalised babies in nursery ward remains more than 35. Moreover, the nursery ward has only two ventilators to cater to the needs of the patients, and sometimes attendants of new-born patients are compelled to use Amo bags, raising chances of error that can l

Rawalpindi: The Regional Transport Authority (RTA) in Rawalpindi has directed the owners of all private ambulances in the city to register their vehicles with Rescue 1122 within a fortnight. RTA officials have already put up banners outside three public hospitals in the garrison city, urging the private ambulance owners to register their vehicles with the emergency service.